Buckle.



P. W. PEARSON.

BUCKLE. 7

APPLlCATlON' FILED NOV. 20, I915.

Patented Dec. 19, 1916.

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PARKE- w. rnnnsoiv, or BLOOMIN'GDALEINDIANA. j r

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PARKE W. PEARSON, a'citizen of the United States,residing at Bloomingdale, in the county of Parke and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckles, of whichthe following is a specification.

The invention relates generally to an improvement in buckles, andparticularly to belt buckles with which a belt is designed to be soconnected as to permitsize varia tion adjustment at the. pleasure of thewearer.

The present improvement resides in the provision of means whereby thebelt, after cooperative connection with the buckle, may be permitted aneasy and convenient ad justment and readily secured in such ad-.

justed position against accidental disarrangement, the constructionpermitting the complete operation without the necessity ofment, tothereby maintain the adjusted removing the belt from the person. 7

The specific means employed contemplates the use of a tongue, integralwith and projecting from one end of the buckle proper, so that thetongue will lie between the return fold sections of the belt or thelike, combined with a clamping sleeve to slidably embrace the beltsections, and when desired surround the belt sections and tongue, withthe effect to clamp said sections tightly onto the tongue and preventmovement of the belt sections, to thus maintain the adjustment.

The invention, in the preferred embodiment of details will be describedin the following specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating theinvention, the belt being broken away. Fig. 2 is a perspective view ofthe buckle. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal central sectional view toillustrate the clamping cooperation of the parts. Fig. 4 is aperspective view of the clamping sleeve.

In the following description it is to be understood that,notwithstanding the illustration of the improvement as applied to a beltbuckle, the invention is applicable to all types of buckles and otherdevices to which a flexible connector is adapted for adjustment, and tobe held in such adjustment, and that, to this end, the termSpecification of Letters iaten't. 'Patentd Dec. Application filedNovember 2( 1915. Serial 1 1 o.,62,567. I

buckle? herein is intendedto cover any and all such structures. k In thespecific embodiment ofthe inventlon llustrated, l 7 represents -.a-buckle,

formed near one endwith -ajbelt-receiving slot 2, and at the opposite,,end withany type of connector 3, for cooperation with a similar device4,,carried by the free end of ner, the length of the belt proper may bevaried as desired.

The above-described parts are usual, and

the present invention contemplates the ad-.

dition thereto of means whereby the belt re turn portions may be ineffect locked against lndependent movement after such adjustlength ofthe belt against possible variation during use, the locking means being,how- .the'belt 5. In the type'shown', one endof ever, readily operableto permit additional belt adjustment when desired. The locking meansincludes a tongue 7, projecting longitudinally from and in the plane ofthe buckle proper, such tongue being arranged adjacent the slot 2 andbeing of effective length beyond the buckle. The tongue is rigid withthe buckle, preferably of a thickness equal to the thickness of thebuckle, and of a width corresponding to the width of the belt. A lockingsleeve 8 is arranged to cooperate with the tongue, said sleeve beingpreferably an open-ended rectangular structure, of sufficiently rigidmetal, and having an interior dimension corresponding to the combinedtransverse sectional dimensions of and adjacent portions of the beltsections.

The belt sections are thus clamped against that to move the beltsections they would have to travel in opposite directions, and

hence move the sleeve in both directions,"

Which, of course, is impossible.

The operation of the sleeve 8 is all that is necessary in lookingthe-belt in adjusted position" orrele'a'sing it to permit further adjustment, hence it is obvious that either complete operation may bereadily performed While thebelt is about the person of the Wearer',thereby providing for a completely a'ccurateand comfortable fit of thebe1t,-and'avoiding the several trials and adjustmerf-i'tsof-the'beltnecessary to a fi-t'under other circumstances;

The invention is applicable :to suspender buckles, andthe like, and theimproved buckle is-of course-to be made in any desired size, of anyappropriate material, and of any specific type, as may be bestadaptedfor the'particular use intended.

What is claimed, is

A belt buckle formed With a strap receivingopening and having anintegral tongue projected beyond the buckle proper to be in- 'PAR EPEARSON. Witnesses CHAS. G. PnARsoN, ALLEN MoRR soN.

7 copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. C.

